Unsophisticated Definition

unsophisticated
adjective
  1. not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien
  2. lacking complexity; "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine"
  3. awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"

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